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. 2021 May;168:105426. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105426

Table 3.

Food waste estimates (using the MFA approach) at primary production and manufacturing for Denmark, Germany, and Italy (2012). Absolut values (in kt) obtained in this study using the MFA.

Food waste at primary production (kt)
Food waste at manufacturing (kt)
Denmark Germany Italy Denmark Germany Italy
Meat 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.13 186.69 143.55
Fish 136.50 58.06 66.46 27.89 80.37 37.75
Dairy 14.90 89.16 33.45 43.63 218.16 139.81
Eggs 1.41 14.42 14.76 1.35 16.90 13.59
Cereals 2.06 45.06 18.99 16.42 212.97 44.71
Fruits 2.02 99.25 811.30 7.81 135.46 679.84
Vegetables 26.61 332.97 868.17 24.05 270.29 570.32
Potatoes 0.00 0.00 0.00 9.45 192.46 10.97
Sugarbeets 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Oil crops 1.24 15.18 0.69 0.00 0.01 59.23
Total 184.74 654.10 1813.81 148.73 1313.11 1699.78